Would this be considered a provocative post? I am merely mourning, feeling overwhelmed with sadness, and expressing my consternation with the norms in my beloved country, now promised for the next four years.
I see the anti-intellectualism so clearly in many public places and forums and I wonder why are we so complacent about this? How did this country get this far along this road? How many of our elected officials are a part of this anti-intellectualism? How deluded can our country be to ignore all of these facts? Do many people recognize that the uninformed are seldom politically active? How can the general populace not see that the wealthy-without-integrity are benefiting from this lack of curiosity by failing to support human-focused values? I find it alarming.
What do we do now that our president-elect is the czar of anti-intellectualism?
What can be done?
It
takes effort to forgo our human emotional foundations for reasonable
thought. I fear that much of the easy anti-intellectual activity
We see
is supported by and encouraged by various religions as well as by other
public systems. It aggrieves me to see how
pervasive it is in this country, this disdain for science and general
knowledge. How many of our leaders are actually Young Earthers or
creationists?
How many others are conspiracy theorists besides RFK Jr.?
The lack of knowledge and, further, the
disdain for knowledge shows itself in so many ways in our country. From
the current white house administration to the shameful racial biases in
our criminal justice system to our illiterate graduates to the
questionable and dangerous health practices to our nationally
disgraceful expressions of WOO to our inability to get consensus on
climate change and global environmental issues, anti-intellectualism is
the culprit.
What is the solution?
JOIN ME in embracing REASON and in spreading Love of Learning.
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